RALEIGH, N.C. – Every year, a highlight of the NC Chamber’s Annual Meeting is the presentation of two awards to North Carolinians for advancing North Carolina’s prosperity and promise: Award for Distinguished Citizenship and Award for Distinguished Service. Yesterday – for the first time in the awards’ history – three North Carolina leaders were honored, each receiving a standing ovation during the 80th NC Chamber Annual Meeting at the Raleigh Marriott City Center.
The NC Chamber celebrated the 2022 winners (photo attached):
Distinguished Public Service Award winners
Senator Kay Hagan
Karen Cochrane-Brown, Former Division Director, North Carolina General Assembly
Distinguished Citizenship Award winner
Distinguished Public Service Award recognizes an individual who has worked in the public sector to bring positive change to his or her community at the state and local level. Award recipients have devoted a large portion of their lives to serving others, professionally and privately, not because they expect something in return; not because they think it will improve their reputation; but because service is so deeply ingrained in their identity, so profoundly a part of who they are.
Distinguished Citizenship Award is given to a private-sector leader who, above all else, embodies an approach to citizenship that is distinctly North Carolinian. You don’t need to have been born here to have it, but anyone who’s lived here for any significant amount of time can recognize it immediately. It’s an ability to appreciate people and prioritize community; it’s a recognition that ambition and hard work are virtues to live by, and that great success is also rooted in humility and generosity.
Nominations are accepted on a rolling basis; winners are announced in March-April.
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